News

Buglife warns that the proposal for a Thames Estuary airport will ultimately have to be rejected as an option as it would jeopardise nationally important populations of rare bumblebees and other invertebrates, and would contravene wildlife protection laws.

Buglife has created its first Marvellous Minibeast pack to educate youngsters about invertebrates.

Buglife and Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust are celebrating the discovery of eleven rugged oil beetles at Elliott nature reserve, on Swift’s Hill near Stroud.

RSPB and Buglife to work in partnership to protect more farmland wildlife in the East of England.

This autumn we are searching for the fascinating yet threatened Rugged oil beetle and we need your help!

Survey data published today reveals the second record for 30 years of the Ruby tail wasp (Chrysis viridula) and the second most northerly record for the Roesels bush-cricket (Metrioptera roeselii) and Kent Black Arches moth (Meganola albula).

A planning application for a 5,000 house development is likely to cause extensive damage to the area’s wildlife, says Buglife, Kent Wildlife Trust, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

In a resolution passed this month European Parliament are taking action to protect bees. The resolution was voted in by an overwhelming majority, with 534 votes in favour, 16 against and 92 abstentions highlighting an urgency and popularity to protect bees.

New research published this week found that a large proportion of European’s molluscs are in decline.

The fourth issue of Scottish Invertebrate News is available now! The largest issue yet, it’s crammed with new discoveries, features, events and a spotlight on the most important area for invertebrates in Scotland – the Cairngorms National Park.

Buglife and a number of conservation organisations, farming groups and research institutions met in York this week to discuss how strips of permanent wildflower-rich habitat called B-Lines could help landscapes work better for pollinating insects in the future.

Buglife have submitted a response to the National Planning Policy Framework highlighting the most significant and serious concerns for invertebrates.

Buglife help to create patchwork of refuelling stations for pollinating insects across York city centre medieval walls.

The Government is failing to deliver on its wildlife and landscape promises, according to a report compiled by 29 of the UK’s leading environmental groups, including Buglife.

A solitary bee Halictus eurygnathus believed to be extinct in Britain has been discovered in East Sussex after 65 years according to a new scientific report.

Today a wildlife conservation charity attempts to help insects by sowing the seeds for an urban wildflower meadow in central Peterborough.

Today conservation experts launch new pollinator wildflower seed packs in two high street supermarkets in London.

The 2011 winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards have been announced. A stunning photograph of an invertebrate won the overall competition.

UK research institutions launch the Chinese mitten crab survey. The survey results will be used to map the spread of this invasive species in rivers across England and Wales.

Conservationists and naturalists are excited about the discovery of a breeding population of the 13-spot ladybird, in a sleepy corner of Devon.

Government plans announced today will not do enough to save wildlife species threatened with extinction, conservationists have warned.

A beautiful living roof for wildlife has been installed at the Abbey Hive community building in the London Borough of Camden last month. This wild roof is home to array of bugs including beetles, bees and butterflies.

Neal’s yard remedies are donation £1 to Buglife, Landlife and Pesticide Action Network for every Bee Lovely Hand Cream sold online.

Buglife are undertaking invertebrate surveys of the nationally important vegetated shingle habitat on the Solway Firth and we need your help!

Three new Scottish Invertebrate Habitat Management documents have been published - school grounds, ponds and deadwood!

Buglife’s first auction begins today with the chance to bid for a private tour of the Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team headquarters in Brackley.

Monsanto, Barrier Biotech Ltd, Ragfork, The British Horse Society and Warwickshire Council have been caught out by the Advertising Standards Authority displaying inaccurate and misleading information on their websites and in leaflets about Common ragwort, a British wildflower important for wildlife conservation.

Buglife are delighted to announce a new partnership with Octink, an award wining display specialist recognised in the Sunday Times Best Green Company list since 2009.

Buglife launch a campaign to highlight the crisis facing pollinating insects such as bees and hoverflies today at The Royal Society in London. Germaine Greer, Tony Blair and Bill Oddie are just a handful of people supporting the campaign.

The publication of 32 new Scottish Invertebrate Species Knowledge Dossiers is a monumental achievement for invertebrate conservation in the UK.

Two new Scottish Invertebrate Habitat Management documents have been published, bringing the total available to nine. The new documents provide land owners with advice on managing woodlands and grassland so as to maximise invertebrate diversity.